JP Dinnell Podcast

About JP Dinnell Podcast

JP Dinnell is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and now a Leadership Instructor, Speaker and Strategic Advisor with Echelon Front, where he serves as Director of Experiential Leadership Training Programs. J.P. is also a pro team athlete and spokesperson for Origin Maine and Jocko Fuel, an American clothing and supplement company. J.P. has a signature Energy Drink flavor "Sour Apple Sniper" with Jocko Fuel. Jeremiah spent nearly a decade in the SEAL Teams with three combat deployments. Sent to the violent terrorist stronghold of Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 with SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser, J.P. served as point man, machine gunner, and lead sniper for Delta Platoon opposite the American Sniper, Chris Kyle, who was in Charlie Platoon. For his leadership and courage under fire, JP was awarded a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars with Valor and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor helping Task Unit Bruiser to become the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. He worked closely with SEAL Officers Jocko Willink, his Task Unit Commander, and Leif Babin, and was the driving force on many of the daring combat operations Jocko and Leif wrote about in Extreme Ownership. Upon his return, J.P. again worked directly for Jocko as a training instructor at Naval Special Warfare Group One Training Detachment, where he orchestrated realistic and challenging training scenarios for Special Operations Urban Combat training and Close Quarters Combat training to better prepare SEAL units for the real-world battlefield. He also served as a Combatives Instructor, Marksmanship Instructor and earned his Master Trainer Specialist qualification while helping Jocko rebuild and enhance these training programs into the highly effective platforms they are today. J.P. brings exceptional experience and frontline leadership perspective from the winning mindset and culture of Task Unit Bruiser.

Publisher

JP Dinnell, Lucas Pinckard

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Sept 2023

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

155 of 165 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   14 Years Working With Jocko Willink: How To Never Burn Out | JP Dinnell Podcast 161

   JP Dinnell shares his 14 years of experience with Jocko Willink, detailing how to avoid burnout and sustain high performance through disciplined rest and recalibration.

2. 

   16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Most Leaders Break Under Pressure | JP Dinnell Podcast 160

   Leadership Instructor JP Dinnell explains how discipline and ownership forge resilience under pressure in this interview episode.

3. 

   9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Becoming Part of the .001% | Noah Anderson | JP Dinnell Podcast 159

   Host JP Dinnell and Lucas Pinckard interview Noah Anderson about the mental and physical discipline required to complete a 100-mile ultramarathon, offering insights into pushing limits.

Inside a recent episode

14 Years Working With Jocko Willink: How To Never Burn Out | JP Dinnell Podcast 161

Published 23 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I wonder when you think about long-term strategic stuff, one of the things that people tend to not plan for strategically are periods of rest. I think that that's one of the things that accelerates burnout for people. is because they're not doing these re-evaluations of like, hey, if these are our three to five-year goals, how do we hit these things instead of working like, hey, what's realistic for me to do within my bandwidth? And then still be able to do these kinds of things and making sure that the schedules and stuff are aligned and not just schedules for hitting your goals, but also schedules for maintaining your workload so that that can happen. […]

Who has been a guest on JP Dinnell Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Noah Anderson
• Lucas Pinckard
• Jason Khalipa

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,387,078

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

171 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

91 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 90 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

89

Social presence

97

YouTube

86

Engagement

92

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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